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Iran’s supreme leader has threatened to pull his country out of the nuclear deal and resume enriching uranium if European countries do not promise to buy Iranian oil and to oppose all new US sanctions against Tehran. Three days after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo delivered America’s …...

Oil races to $80 as U.S. drilling rises Oil prices steadied below 3-1/2 year highs on Monday as resistance emerged in Europe and Asia to U.S. sanctions against major crude exporter Iran, while rising U.S. drilling pointed to higher North American production. Oil Brent crude was up 20 …...

Israel’s military says Iranian forces have fired rockets at its positions in the occupied Golan Heights It said around 20 rockets were fired by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard early on Thursday and some were … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2wpathO Get more World News

As President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, Israel has prepared for a possible attack from Tehran based on “irregular” movements by Iranian forces in Syria. The Israel Defense Forces ordered authorities in the northern Golan Heights, held …...

BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Iranian official said Tuesday the Islamic Republic will respond “at the appropriate time and place” to a purported Israeli missile strike that killed several Iranian troops in Syria. The comments by Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the Iranian … Read more via...

The steady drumbeat appeared to reinforce signals Trump has been sending about his intent to leave the deal. And in the absence of any clear sign the White House has a “day after” plan, there are deepening concerns in some quarters that White House policy toward Tehran may be … Read more...

…It is your last chance – Trump Iran says the 2015 nuclear deal is not up for renegotiation, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from the agreement if its “terrible flaws” were not fixed. Trump “The nuclear deal is an internationally recognized and concluded pact and is not...

US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose additional sanctions against Iran that are separate from those covered under the international nuclear agreement violates the “spirit” of the deal and is a “clever way” of sabotaging it, says Gareth Porter, an American investigative journalist and...

Putin (left) and Lavrov (right) Moscow, Russia | AFP | Moscow on Thursday warned Washington against interfering in Iran’s “internal affairs” after US President Donald Trump pledged to help Iranians “take back” their government following protests. The White House said it was weighing sanctions...

The Trump administration and members of Congress are working on a new set of nuclear-and missile-related Iran sanctions that would replace the 2015 nuclear agreement, Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview. Under the agreement, the Islamic republic is permitted to resume nuclear weapons...

A US Federal Judge today issued an emergency order against US President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens of 5 predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US. INDEPENDENT UK reports that Los Angeles district judge Andre Birotte's temporary ruling states that immigrants...

The United State's wrestling team has been denied entry into Iran days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order denying visa to 7 Islamic nations, Iran included. This appears to be the first action taken by Tehran in response to President Trump forbidding visas for Iranian...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders today that includes a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries; REUTERS reports. This was revealed by congressional aides and immigration experts, who asked not to be named...

Oil prices gained momentum Thursday after data showed US production fell to 18-month lows as Iraq pushed for a fresh meeting of crude majors on limiting output. The advances come just days after the collapse of weekend talks aimed at negotiating an output freeze, which had fuelled worries a...

Saudi Arabia has put 32 people on trial, including 30 members of its own Shi’ite Muslim minority, accused of spying for Iran, news reports say on Monday. The accused, including an Iranian and an Afghan, were detained in 2013 sparking expressions of concern among Saudi Shi’ites who said that...

Following the call for an emergency meetin of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), to discuss steps to possibly cut down oil production and prop up oil prices, Iran and another prominent OPEC member, opposed the call and claimed that the time is not yet right for such an...

From Nigeria, to Iran, Saudi Arabia and other world countries, there have been several uproars among Islamic followers and leaders believed to be sectarian disputes in the world. The recent cases was the Shiite/Military attacks in Nigeria, ad the execution of Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia, a...

Oil prices rose Monday on Middle East supply risks after Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran. At about 1230 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in February climbed 30 cents to $37.34 a barrel. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, whose 13 members...

Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Sunday, giving Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country, as the kingdom’s execution of a dissident cleric inflamed sectarian tensions in a region already brimming with conflict, wsj reports. Crowds of incensed Shiite Muslims...

Over 12,000 candidates, including some 1,200 women have registered to run in Iran’s parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry said on December 25. Several former ministers and lawmakers, a nephew of the commander of Iran’s elite Qods force Qasem Soleimani, and one of the sons and a...